Cinderella play

The story of Cinderella Once upon a time there was a good man, his good wife and their beautiful, kind daughter.. A fairy came and helped Cinderella to go to the party.. She told Cindere

The story of Cinderella Once upon a time there was a good man, his good wife and their beautiful, kind daughter But, one day, the man’s wife died After two years, the man married again His new wife was a nasty woman with two ugly daughters, Prudence and Charlotte People call them ‘the ugly sisters’.

The ugly sisters took the girl’s nice clothes and shoes They gave her old clothes to wear They told her to clean the house She did everything They did no work at all The girl got dirty in the cinders from the kitchen fire and they called her ‘Cinderella’.

One day, a letter arrived It was from the palace The King was having a party for the Prince Cinderella made new dresses for her sisters But she could not go In the evening she was very sad and she sat down by the kitchen fire and cried.

A fairy came and helped Cinderella to go to the party She told Cinderella

to find a pumpkin, six white mice, and six lizards Then she touched them with her magic wand The pumpkin was a gold coach The mice were six white horses The lizards were six footmen Then the fairy touched

Cinderella’s old dress and it was a beautiful, long dress with little pink flowers on it Then the fairy gave Cinderella two little glass shoes for her feet But the fairy said that Cinderella must leave the party before midnight Because, at midnight, the magic would stop.

Cinderella had a wonderful time at the party She danced with the Prince all evening She remembered the fairy’s words at a minute to midnight She ran from the palace One of her glass shoes fell off and the Prince found it He asked his footmen to put up an important notice He would marry the girl the shoe fitted.

The Prince and his footmen went to every house in the country At last they came to Cinderella’s house Prudence tried on the shoe, but her foot was too long and thin Charlotte tried on the shoe, but her foot was much too big and fat.

‘Are there any other girls in this house?’ asked the Prince.

The ugly sisters said that there was only the kitchen girl But Cinderella tried on the shoe and it fitted her perfectly She took the other shoe out of her pocket and the Prince knew that she was the beautiful princess from the party.

The Prince and Cinderella were married The ugly sisters married two of the Prince’s friends In time,

Cinderella and the Prince had two children And they all lived happily ever after.

Characters in the play

Father

Cinderella

Prudence

Charlotte

Mother

Fairy

Prince

Cinderella

A Classic Tales Play developed by Donatella Fitzgerald from the Classic Tale retold by Sue Arengo.

Two Footmen Chorus Six White Mice Six Lizards King Clock People

SCENE 1

MEET YOUR NEW SISTERS

Father You are a good girl Be kind to your

new mother and your new sisters

Cinderella Yes, Father

Father This is your new mother

Cinderella Hello

Mother Hello

Father Kiss your new sisters

Cinderella Yes, Father (She kisses them.)

SCENE 2

AN OLD DRESS FOR CINDERELLA

Prudence I hate our new sister because she is

good

Charlotte I hate her because she is beautiful

Prudence Come here, girl

Cinderella Yes, Prudence

Prudence You must do all the work

Charlotte You can wear this old dress

Cinderella Oh, no!

Prudence Start working! The house is dirty

Chorus The ugly sisters laugh at her

Cinderella I’m so sad (She cries.)

SCENE 3

A LETTER FROM THE KING

Prudence Here’s a letter from the King

Mother What does it say?

Prudence He’s having a party for the Prince

Mother Where?

Prudence At the palace

Cinderella When?

Prudence On Saturday

Charlotte A party! A party!

Cinderella Can I come?

Prudence and Charlotte No, you can’t

Mother Cinderella, you can make our dresses

Cinderella Yes, Mother, I’ll make the dresses

SCENE 4

WHY ARE YOU CRYING?

Chorus It is Saturday evening and the sisters

are going to the party

Prudence and Charlotte Goodbye, Cinderella

(They laugh.) Ha! Ha! Ha!

Cinderella Have a wonderful time!

Mother Goodbye, Cinderella

Cinderella I’m so sad (She cries.)

Fairy Why are you crying?

Cinderella I can’t go to the

party

Fairy Yes, you can

Cinderella How?

Fairy I’ll help you

Cinderella How?

Fairy With my magic

wand

Cinderella I’m so happy I can go! I can go!

SCENE 5

YOU CAN GO TO THE PARTY!

Fairy Bring me a pumpkin

Cinderella A pumpkin? That’s strange

Fairy Good Now get the mouse trap

Cinderella The mouse trap?

Fairy Good Look! There are six white mice

in the trap

White Mice Hello, Cinderella We are six mice! Mouse 1 One

Mouse 2 Two

Mouse 3 Three

Mouse 4 Four

Mouse 5 Five

Mouse 6 Six

Fairy Now, I need six lizards

Cinderella Six lizards?

Lizards Hello, Cinderella We are six lizards

Lizard 1 One

Lizard 2 Two

Lizard 3 Three

Lizard 4 Four

Lizard 5 Five

Lizard 6 Six

Fairy Cinderella, you will go to the ball

Mice and Lizards Cinderella, we will take you to

the ball

Fairy Watch! The pumpkin is a coach!

Cinderella Look, a gold coach!

Fairy The mice are horses!

Cinderella Look, six white horses!

Fairy The lizards are footmen!

Cinderella But I can’t go like this

Fairy No, not in your old dress!

Cinderella

AT TWELVE O’CLOCK THE MAGIC

STOPS

Cinderella A beautiful dress and glass shoes!

Fairy Are you happy?

Cinderella Oh yes, thank you Can I go now?

Fairy Listen, this is important You must

leave the party before the clock

strikes twelve

Cinderella Oh! Why?

Fairy Because at twelve o’clock the magic

will stop Do you understand?

Clock You will only have a pumpkin,

lizards, mice and an old dress

Ding, dong!

Cinderella Yes, I understand I won’t forget

Fairy Goodbye, Cinderella

Cinderella Goodbye, and thank you for

everything!

SCENE 7

WHO IS SHE?

Chorus The coach arrived at the palace and

Cinderella went to the party

Footman 1 Look at that coach!

Footman 2 Who is she?

People Who is she? Who is she?

Charlotte Look at her! Is she a princess?

Prudence Yes, a very important princess

Prince Who is she? Do you know her?

King No, I have never seen her before

Prince Will you dance with me?

Cinderella Yes, I will

Prince I think you are the most beautiful girl

in the world!

SCENE 8

IT’S MIDNIGHT!

Clock Tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock

Cinderella Oh, what’s the time?

Prince It’s one minute to twelve

Cinderella It’s nearly midnight! I must go!

Prince Wait! I don’t even know your name!

Chorus Run, Cinderella, run!

Clock Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding,

ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding!

Chorus At midnight the magic stopped

Cinderella left one of her shoes

WHERE IS THE PRINCESS?

Prince Did you see a beautiful princess?

Footmen We only saw a girl

Prince Look, there’s her shoe! I will find her

and this shoe will help me

Footmen Yes, Prince

Prince When I find her, I’ll marry her

Footmen Yes, Prince

SCENE 10

AN IMPORTANT NOTICE

Chorus The next day the footmen put up an

important notice

People What’s that?

Footmen It’s an important notice

People What does it say?

Footmen Every girl in the country must try on

the little glass shoe The prince will marry the girl who can wear it

SCENE 11

CINDERELLA, WILL YOU MARRY ME?

Prince This is the Prince! Open the door!

Mother Come in

Father Girls, try on the shoe!

Prudence Oh, it’s too short and wide

Charlotte Oh, it’s too small and narrow

Prince Are there any other girls in the house?

Mother No!

Father Yes! There’s Cinderella

Prudence and Charlotte She didn’t go to the

party She’s only the kitchen girl

Father Cinderella, try on the shoe!

Mother It fits!

Prudence and Charlotte Oh, no it doesn’t

Father Oh, yes it does

Cinderella Here is the other shoe

Cinderella takes out the other shoe from her pocket Prince It’s you! You are my princess!

Fairy Look, you are a princess

Everybody Look at her beautiful dress!

Prudence I’m sorry, Cinderella

Charlotte We were unkind to you

Cinderella Don’t worry It doesn’t matter

Prince Cinderella, will you marry me?

Cinderella Yes, I will, because I love you too

Prince Let’s go to the palace

Cinderella Can my sisters come to the palace too?

Prince Yes, of course they can

Everybody Hooray! Hooray!

Chorus And they all lived happily ever after